Ky. legislature has 30 days to get all the state's business done

2:07 AM,
Jan. 9, 2013

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The first day of the General Assembly session ended on a low note for Northern Kentucky legislators, who did not win any leadership positions in the House of Representatives.

Kentucky lawmakers started the 30-day session Tuesday and acknowledged the tough task of addressing all the issues facing the state in so short a time.

State Rep. Arnold Simpson, D-Covington, lost his bid to become speaker pro tem, the second highest position in the House, to Rep. Larry Clark, D-Louisville, who's served as speaker pro tem since 1993. Simpson said he lost by one vote. ...